wiedzieć
Old Polish
editEtymology
editInherited from Proto-Slavic *věděti. First attested in the 14th century.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editwiedzieć impf
- to know (to have knowledge; to have information, be informed) [with o (+ locative) ‘about something’; in addition, with od (+ genitive) or przez (+ accusative) or po (+ locative) or instrumental ‘from what’]
- to know how, to be able to
Declension
editThis verb needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
editReferences
edit- B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “wiedzieć”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
Polish
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Polish wiedzieć. Cognates include Russian ве́дать (védatʹ), German wissen and Luxembourgish wëssen
Pronunciation
edit- (Middle Polish) IPA(key): /ˈvjɛ.d͡ʑɛt͡ɕ/
- (Greater Poland):
- (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) IPA(key): /ˈvjɛ.d͡ʑɛt͡ɕ/
Verb
editwiedzieć impf
- (intransitive) to know (to perceive the truth or factuality of; to be certain of or that) [with o (+ locative) ‘about something’ and po (+ locative) ‘from what’]
- On wie, co jest dla niego najlepsze. ― He knows what's best for him.
- (intransitive) to know (to be aware of; to be cognizant of) [with o (+ locative) ‘about something’]
- Nie wiedziałem o tym. ― I didn't know about it.
- (intransitive) to know (to have knowledge; to have information, be informed)
- Wiesz, że umiem chodzić po wodzie? ― Do you know that I can walk on water?
- Skąd wiesz? ― How do you know?
- (intransitive) to know (to understand or have a grasp of through experience or study)
- Wiem jak to zrobić. ― I know how to do it.
Conjugation
editDerived terms
edit(adjectives):
(adverb):
(nouns):
(particle):
(verbs):
- dopowiedzieć pf, dopowiadać impf
- dowiedzieć pf, dowiadywać impf
- odpowiedzieć pf, odpowiadać impf
- opowiedzieć pf, opowiadać impf
- podpowiedzieć pf, podpowiadać impf
- powiedzieć pf, powiadać impf
- przepowiedzieć pf, przepowiadać impf
- rozpowiedzieć pf, rozpowiadać impf
- wypowiedzieć pf, wypowiadać impf
- wywiedzieć pf, wywiadywać impf
- zapowiedzieć pf, zapowiadać impf
- zawiadywać impf
- zwiedzieć pf, zwiadywać impf
Related terms
edit(adjective):
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Trivia
editAccording to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), wiedzieć is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 41 times in scientific texts, 8 times in news, 45 times in essays, 238 times in fiction, and 645 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 977 times, making it the 41st most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[1]
References
editFurther reading
edit- wiedzieć in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- wiedzieć in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “wiedzieć”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
- Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “wiedzieć się”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
- Paweł Kupiszewski (07.04.2022) “WIEDZIEĆ”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
- Paweł Kupiszewski (07.04.2022) “WIEDZIEĆ%20SIĘ”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
- Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “wiedzieć”, in Słownik języka polskiego
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “wiedzieć”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1919), “wiedzieć, wiedać”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 7, Warsaw, page 561
- wiedzieć in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
- Gustaw Pobłocki (1887) “wiedzieć”, in Słownik kaszubski z dodatkiem idyotyzmów chełmińskich i kociewskich (in Polish), 2 edition, Chełmno, page 144
Silesian
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Polish wiedzieć.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editwiedzieć impf
- (intransitive) to know (to possess knowledge) [with ô (+ locative) ‘about something’]
Conjugation
editThis verb needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
edit(verbs):
- dowiedzieć pf
- powiedzieć pf
- wywiedzieć pf
Related terms
edit(adjective):
(adverb):
(nouns):
Further reading
edit- wiedzieć in silling.org
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